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On Display at the Udvar-Hazy Center Space Shuttle Discovery. Discovery is an example of a Space Shuttle orbiter, a component of NASA’s Space Transportation System (STS). The STS consisted of a combination of a Space Shuttle orbiter, solid rocket boosters, and a fuel tank. Discovery was the third Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle to fly in space ...
Discovery was the third Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle to fly in space. It entered service in 1984 and retired from spaceflight as the oldest and most utilized orbiter.
The Space Shuttle program ran from presidential approval in 1972 to its end in 2011. It was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the United States and NASA. The Space Shuttle, officially known as the Space Transportation System (STS), was the first reusable spacecraft to carry humans into orbit.
Space Shuttle Discovery lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 9, 2011, just before noon, with the drag chute open to help slow the orbiter to a final wheel stop. Forty years on from that first visit to space, Discovery has now retired peacefully at our Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, welcoming visitors from ...
Smithsonian's Digitzation Program Office collect 3D data of Space Shuttle Discovery. For the safety of the shuttle, people cannot walk underneath it in the gallery. The public can experience the magnificent object by walking around it from the ground level or up on surrounding walkways in its hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.
The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center displays thousands of aviation and space artifacts, including the Space Shuttle Discovery, a Blackbird SR-71, and a Concorde, in two large hangars. Hours. 10:00 am to 5:30 pm. Open every day except December 25 Tickets. Free admission No passes required Parking $15 Location
On August 30, 1984, Space Shuttle Discovery took off on its first mission—beginning its nearly 30 years of space exploration. When Discovery retired in 2011, it was NASA’s oldest and most accomplished orbiter. It flew nearly 150 million miles and spent 365 days in space, flying just about every type of mission during the shuttle era.
The space shuttle Discovery is the centerpiece of the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va.
Discovery entered service in 1984 as the third orbiter in the space shuttle fleet. Columbia and Challenger had already flown a total of 11 missions as America’s “space truck.” Discovery’s first mission, STS-41D, followed suit as the crew deployed, for the first time, three communications satellites, but it also signaled how the shuttle could serve as more than a delivery vehicle.
Space Shuttle Discovery on display in the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA on April 20, 2012. Discovery was installed on April 19, 2012. Space Shuttle Discovery on Display | National Air and Space Museum